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MraloOfl lmt Important part of the newspaper office. Mph cihocka
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Cain for apolllng of namea, (tales, grammar, and general style,
necessary, deletions am made to make the news story conform
to proper Journalistic style. THU is outlined In a Htylebook wjrltten
by the editors for «ae by the staff.
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AAM Print Hhop In ih^ basement of (ionHwIp Hail. Clyde John
nlaht linotype operator, leans back and grins In anticipation 1;of
{the night's work—setting the neat day'* Ualtalltm. After the ti
line has been set, be tuns a “galley proof" which will be «htc
' for typographical errors the next morning. ].
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Battalion Stories You Read Today
More jwork than meets the eye i long way to go before jit gets
goes into the Battalion you read into print.
each day. Though few realize i
each story whether ;it is a newi
account of some cariipus event, a
feature, an editorial^ or a sporty
article, goes through many hands
and through a gamut of technical
procedures before it finally comes
out in print. .. I
For instance, that news story
on the front pag^—at one time
it was just the figment of one
of the editors or managing edi
tor’s imagination.
The Batt’s day generally starts
withj the managing editor, for it is
he who controls the; operation of
the news pages. He begins by de
ciding what stories he can use for
the next edition. He then calls
for a reporter and assigns him
that particular news story on the
front page.
\tyhen the reporter gets hi* ns-
signimnt from the M.K., he is
gtui^rally told the name of un au
thority to contact for his infor-
matjion. Since the reporter's Job is
to get all the Information and
jiarticulary the most, important, he
must While Interviewing the au
thority, have a "keen ear 0 for !m
id draft of the news story, Brown checks for
grammar. He then turns the story over to
iging editor for that particular day. Hiliings-
for accuracy and general con lent and asks
f hfi|hd” men to write a head for the 1 Stury. These
more experienced men who have had cone
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portant |iolnt* or now angles tbat ;
might be developed Into the main
point of the story.
After getting nil (be infor
mation that he needs from his
news source, the reporter re
turns to the liatt office'to pick
out the' important facts and in
tegrate them Into un accurate,
concise, and readable story.
After completing Ids story, he
turps it hack to the managing
editor, whose work then really be-
ginj., lie rends the story, chocking
It Carefully for accuracy of fact,
making any necessary corrections,
and then determines whut size
headline it should have. In doing
this, he selects a size that suits
not only the importance of the
story but also one that will be
attractive on thi* page. The story
is then turned ftver to an exper
ienced reporter or “desk man” who
writes a head that: must fit the
allotted space as well as tell whajt
is in the story.,
The "copy” is pretty well along
the line now, but it still has a
Having approved the headline,
the managing editor, then tprns the
co^y over to the copy readier, who,
in a manner of speaking,: runs it
through the “mill.” This Consists
of checking for style as sjet down
in The Battalion style bpok and
correcting all errors from misspel
led words 1 to capitalization, com
mas, and periods.
| The copy reader’s desk is the
last stop, for a story in the news
department. From there St goes
“below decks” to the Print Shop.
Downstairs, the wheels really
begin to ^rind. Hero is where tht
real mystery behind newspapers is
found. That front page story does
n’t go from the ejtytor'a ‘dusk to
the printed sheet by ja magical
process. When the copy gets to
the y print shop, it goes jin two di
rections—the stories 'tg the lino
type operator and the headlines to
the! “headsetter.” After jthe stories
have been set up in type, which
takes about six or ei£ht hours,
they are ’'proofed” and sent back
upstairs to be checked: for typo
graphical errors.
The lead page formij are then
ready to be set hp, and ihe manag
ing editor once again jenters the
picture. Tjie night before, he has
niade up a “dummy” page showing
the location of the nmin stories
anq pictures for the ft-ont page,
flip “make-up" process then be
gins. Rows of typo and headlines
anf, set in a metal fopm by the
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i aetk Bond, cu-edit
managing editor, who ip all the
while striving to get the : moPt iln-
portant stories in the key po|i-
tions and yet achieve balance and
overall “good looks.”
It is at this time that all
Last minute decisions are made.
Stories are shortened to fit the
page, headlines that are too long
,ure rewritten; continuation lim
are written, and sometimes
cription lines for pictures
parts of stories are written in
order to make everything fit
properly. - 1 . • \ f a j
This process takes about two
hours and requires the experienced
hands of the editnrr-who supervises
the make-up; the managing) editor,
and the shop make-up man who
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and Clark Munroe, feature editor, jrkn through
the galley proofs for rirrors. Proofs usually are
read while the staff is in class. Errors on the
proofs art — a ,,r*.-...
language that only linotype operators and a limi
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| editions and discontinued titles sponsored by the Student Senj:
ate. This buyer will be in your store Wednesday and will bu>
immediately behind all our own buyers. ■ 1 v
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May 31 and June jl 9 2 and 3rd
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